Quotemeal: Dec. 4th, 2025

Thursday, December 4, 2025

"In Jesus' case, we have the story of the holiest man who ever lived, and yet it was the prostitutes and thieves who adored Him, and the religious who hated His guts."
— Rebecca Manley Pippert

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"He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself."
— Montaigne —
"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops — no, but the kind of man the country turns out."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson —
"It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you."
— Timothy Keller —
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
— Martin Luther King, Jr. —

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Illustration of Rebecca Manley Pippert — "In Jesus' case, we have the story of the holiest man who ever lived, and yet it was the prostitutes and thieves who adored Him, and the religious who hated His guts."

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